Cars lined up before crossing the border at the Arida checkpoint, early June 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L’Orient-Le Jour)
The Syrian army has taken possession of abandoned houses located on the Syrian side of the Lebanese village of Musharrafeh, in Hermel, north of the Bekaa Valley, reports our correspondent.
She adds that residents of the rest of the village became frightened and evacuated women and children for fear of an incident between civilians and military forces, before the Lebanese Army deployed to the border opposite Syrian soldiers.
The Syrian army also erected new earthworks in the area.
This incident comes two days after Damascus accused Hezbollah of attempting to launch rockets at Israel from Syrian territory, an accusation the Shiite movement categorically denies.
During the war, the United States repeatedly pressured the Syrian government led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, who overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad, to enter the war against Hezbollah.
